小托福大智慧--閱讀系列【科技之光】—

小托福大智慧--閱讀系列【科技之光】——徐曉珍

發布時間：2013-11-28

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TOEFL Junior考試（初中托福）的閱讀理解部分一般由7篇文章組成，每篇文章長度約200-350個單詞，根據每篇文章的長度，對應4-9道題不等，考試時間為50分鐘。

閱讀文章大部分來自北美初高中學生的閱讀能力范圍之內的一些報紙，雜志等，體裁形式多樣，如邀請函，電子郵件，海報，表格，小冊子，時間表，新聞故事，說明文，議論文等。文章涉及的范圍也具有國際范，涵蓋藝術，人文，科學等，比如關于某種瀕危動物的介紹，關于大氣，宇宙的科普性說明，語言發展歷史的學術報告等。

對于小托福的考生們，或未來必將走出國門的中國學生們來說，提高閱讀能力是遲早的事，因為美國名校十分青睞閱讀能力強的中國學生，比如SAT考試（申請美國大學名校和獎學金的重要參考），同樣的總分，如果閱讀成績達到750分以上，那么申請名校和獎學金的成功率最大。而閱讀成績低于700分，那么申請美國綜合排名前10的大學幾率就較低。

閱讀能力的高低取決于：閱讀速度和閱讀范圍，建議多閱讀一些英文小說，報紙，雜志等，我們的博客專欄特別開設了小托福大智慧--閱讀系列，幫助中國學生們通過讀文章，讀出知識面，讀出詞匯量，讀出閱讀能力。

Want a glance of the future of health care? Take a look at the way the various networks of people about patient care are being connected to one another, and how this new connectivity is being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient —no matter where he or she may be.

　　Online doctors offering advice based on normal symptoms are the most obvious example. Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis will be based on real physiological data from the actual patient. A group from the University of Kentucky has shown that by using personal data assistance plus a mobile phone, it is perfectly practical to send a patient’s important signs over the telephone. With this kind of equipment, the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past.

　　Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural care. And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster need—especially after earthquakes. On the whole, the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and experts’ opinions.

　　But there is one problem. Bandwidth is the limiting factor for sending complex medical pictures around the world — CT photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users. Communication satellites may be able to deal with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes or wars. But medicine is looking towards both the second-generation Internet and third-generation mobile phones for the future of remote medical service.

　　Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis, training and telemedicine. With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts’ opinions and diagnosis are common.

Comprehension

1. The writer chiefly talks about _______.

A. the use of telemedicine

B. the on-lined doctors

C. medical care and treatment

D. communication improvement

2. The basis of remote diagnosis will be _______.

A. personal data assistance

B. some words of a patient

C. real physiological information

D. medical pictures from the Internet

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the text？

A. Patients don’t need doctors in hospitals any more.

B. It is impossible to send a patient’s signs over the telephone.

C. Many teams use telemedicine dealing with disasters now.

D. Broadband communications will become cheaper in the future.

4. The ‘problem’ in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that _______.

A. bandwidth isn’t big enough to send complex medical pictures

B. the second-generation of Internet has not become popular yet

C. communication satellites can only deal with short-term needs

D. there is not enough equipment for spreading the medical care

Background Information

本文主要講述人們將來可以通過網上看病，醫生可以根據病人的生理數據做出遠程診斷。隨著第二代因特網和第三代移動手機為將來的遠程醫療服務，尤其是寬帶網交流價格的下降，遠程醫療和醫藥信息、專家意見和診斷共享將成為家常便飯。

遠程醫療是指通過計算機技術、通信技術與多媒體技術，同醫療技術相結合，旨在提高診斷與醫療水平、降低醫療開支、滿足廣大人民群眾保健需求的一項全新的醫療服務。目前，遠程醫療技術已經從最初的電視監護、電話遠程診斷發展到利用高速網絡進行數字、圖像、語音的綜合傳輸，并且實現了實時的語音和高清晰圖像的交流，為現代醫學的應用提供了更廣闊的發展空間。國外在這一領域的發展已有40多年的歷史，而我國只在最近幾年才得到重視和發展。

Vocabulary

symptom n. 癥狀

remote diagnosis 遠程診斷

physiological data 生理數據

bandwidth n. 寬帶

satellite n. 衛星

short-term needs 短期需求

Keys to the comprehension

1. A 主旨題。第2段和第3段的內容，可知最佳答案為A。

2. C 細節題。從第2段第2句話中的…remote diagnosis will be based on real physiological data from the actual patient 可以做出正確判斷。

3. D 判斷題。網上可以看病并不就是說病人去醫院不需要醫生，排除A項；通過電話發送病人的信息是可行的，排除B項；現在至少有一個醫療隊想用遠程醫療來治療疾病，C項也不對；根據文章最后一句話With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts’ opinions and diagnosis are common 可以肯定答案是D。

4. A 推斷題。根據第4段第2句話 Bandwidth is the limiting factor for sending complex medical pictures around the world — CT photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users可知答案為A。